Paper-holder.



PATENTED JUN-E 13, 1905.

C. FISHER.

PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1904.

ill/1111111111 UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FISHER, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO NORTHERN TISSUE PAPERMILLS, OF MILWVAUKEE, WVISCONSIN, A CORPORA- TION OF WISCONSIN.

' PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,409, dated June 13,1905.

Application filed March 18, 1904. Serial No. 198,803.

To all 1071/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CIIARLEs FISHER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper--Holders, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to paper-holders in which the paper is wound inoval form for toilot and other uses. Its main objects are to provide asimple, inexpensive, and convenient fixture for holding and servingpaper in this form, to prevent the unauthorized removal of rolls ofpaper from the fixture, and generally to improve the construction andoperation of devices of this class.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and in thepeculiar arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts inthe several figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation and vertical section on theline 1 1, Fig.2, of a paper-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is asimilar section onthe line a 4, Fig. 1.

(L designates a wall-plate by which the holder or fixture is attached toa wall or other convenient support. It is formed or provided with twooutwardly projecting plates or brackets b l), which are formed on theirinner sides with vertical grooves 0 0. One of these grooves is formednear its lower end with an inward incline (Z, as shown in Fig. 1, andbelow this incline is a socket c. The wall-plate (I, with its end platesZ) 0, constitutes a frame for holding a roll of paper. In the outer endsof the plates 6 b a knife or cutter f, having serrated edges, is securedparallel with the wall-plate a for tearing off the paper as it isunwound in either direction from the roll and drawn over the upper orlower serrated edge of said knife or cutter. The ends of the knife orcutter are let into recesses in the inner faces of the end plates 6 andare firmly held therein when the parts of the frame are assembled, theends of said end plates next to the plate a being slightly beveled, sothat when the screws by which they are fastened thereto, as shown inFig. 2, are tightened they tend to draw the outer ends of said plates 5toward each other against the ends of said knife or cutter.'

The paper is wound or placed in oval rolls upon a flat spool or rack g,formed at the ends .with tongues /1, h, which are fitted in the grooves0. At theirupper ends these tongues are formed with outwardly-projectingshoulders or lugs a, which are adapted to rest upon the upper edges ofthe end plates Z) of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, to support the spoolwith a roll of paper thereon in its proper position in the frame withreference to the knife or cutter f.

j is a gravity locking-pin, held and freely movable endwise in bearingsin the spool g and projecting therefrom through an opening just belowone of the tongues it in position to engage with the socket and lock thespool in the frame when the parts are assembled as shown in thedrawings.

WVhen a roll of paper is wound or placed on the spool g and the spool isinserted in the frame, this pin is not accessible; but when the paper isused up it is accessible through an opening in the spool and can bereadily with drawn from engagement with the socket 0, thereby releasingthe spool and permitting its withdrawal from the frame to be suppliedwith another rollof paper. The pin isflattened or otherwise enlargedbetween its bearings in the spool to prevent its slipping out of thespool when thelatter is out of the frame.

The spool, with a roll of paper wound or placed thereon, is dropped intoplace in the frame, the tongues It being entered in the grooves 0, andwhen the lugs at the upper ends of the tongues come to rest against theupper edges of the end platesb of the frame, the locking-pin j havingbeen pushed back into the spool by the incline (Z drops automaticallyinto the socket 6, thereby locking the spool in place in the frame andpreventing the removal either of the spool or the roll of paper thereonuntil the roll is entirely used up.

Various changes in minor details of construction and arrangement ofparts may be made within the principle and intended scope of theinvention.

I claim 1. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame, a spoolremovably fitted therein and a gravity locking device for holding thespool in the frame, inaccessible when paper is wound on the spool,substantially as described.

2. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame and a spool removablyfitted therein and provided with a gravity locking-pin for holding it inplace in said frame, said pin being inaccessible when a rollof paper isplaced on the spool, substantially as described.

3. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame provided with groovesand a socket, and a spool having tongues fitting into said grooves and agravity locking-pin adapted to engage with said socket to hold the spoolin the frame, substantially as described.

4:. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame having parallel groovesand a socket, and a spool provided with tongues fitting said grooves anda gravity locking-pin adapted to automatically drop into engagement withsaid socket when the spool is inserted in said frame, substantiallydescribed.

5. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame comprising a wall-plateand end plates having vertical parallel grooves in their inner sides,one of said end plates having a socket, a cutter attached to the endplates parallel with the wall-plate, and a spool provided with tonguesfitted in said grooves and with a gravity locking-pin adapted to engagewith said socket for locking the spool in said frame and preventing itsremoval therefrom until the paper thereon has been unwound,substantially as described.

6. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame composed of a wall-plateand of end plates formed with vertical, parallel grooves, one of the endplates having a socket at the lower end of its vertical groove, thebottom of which is inclined inwardly at its lower end above said socket,a spool formed at the ends with tongues which are fitted in said groovesand terminate in lugs adapted to engage with the end plates and to stopthe spool in place, said spool havinga downwardly-inclined opening inone end, and a locking-pin loosely held in said opening in position todrop into said socket when the spool is inserted in said frame,substantially as described.

7. In a paper-holder the combination of a frame composed of a wall-plateand of end plates having parallel grooves and recesses in their innerfaces and beveled ends which are attached by screws to the wall-plate, aspool having tongues removabl y fitted in the grooves in the end plates,and a cutter seated at the ends in the recesses in said end plates whichare drawn inwardly by said screws against its ends and thereby secure itin said frame parallel with the wall-plate, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OH ARLES FISHER.

IVitnesscs:

N. A. CHRISTENSEN, (Jims. L. (Joss.

